2025 Best Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

an associate degree in homeland security is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #114 out of 328 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 162 associate degrees in homeland security during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Homeland Security School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of homeland security for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality homeland security program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to homeland security students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other homeland security students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt homeland security students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized homeland security related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for homeland security students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Homeland Security Schools

The homeland security school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Homeland Security Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Homeland Security in the Southeast Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for homeland security students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Southeast Region Schools for an Associate in Homeland Security

1

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, FL

13 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in homeland security has to look into Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Lauderdale, Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a associate in homeland security from Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale

2

American Public University System
Charles Town, WV

49 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in homeland security has to take a look at American Public University System. American Military University is a very large private for-profit university located in the town of Charles Town.More information about a associate in homeland security from American Public University System

3

Georgia Military College
Milledgeville, GA

14 Annual Graduates

Georgia Military College is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing an associate degree in homeland security. Georgia Military College is a moderately-sized public college located in the town of Milledgeville.More information about a associate in homeland security from Georgia Military College

4

Wayne Community College
Goldsboro, NC

10 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in homeland security needs to look into Wayne Community College. Wayne Community College is a small public college located in the city of Goldsboro.More information about a associate in homeland security from Wayne Community College

Best Homeland Security Colleges by State

Explore the best homeland security colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	121	22
Florida	121	34
North Carolina	120	61
Arkansas	105	0
Tennessee	102	0
Virginia	97	4
West Virginia	92	42
South Carolina	77	5

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Rankings in Majors Related to Homeland Security

One of 4 majors within the Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting area of study, Homeland Security has other similar majors worth exploring.

Homeland Security Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	72
Terrorism & Counterterrorism Operations	49
Homeland Security	39
Critical Infrastructure Protection	2

Majors Similar to Homeland Security

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Criminal Justice & Corrections	3,766
Fire Protection	991
Security Science and Technology	348
Other Homeland Security	38

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.